Blues 2019
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Be interesting to see Matich at 7 though, he has the work rate and speed for it, just if he can adjust his game.
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@taniwharugby with Gibson and Brown always injured and Choat very green Matich could see plenty of game time this year.
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@Tim He's just a young guy, but seemed to have a nice pass on him - promising.
He was only in the Mako wider training group behind Finlay Christie and Billy Guyton - so make of that what you will - but, he got quite a lot of game time including starting the early season games and especially the opening victory over Canterbury.
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@taniwharugby said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
Be interesting to see Matich at 7 though, he has the work rate and speed for it, just if he can adjust his game.
I've been saying thats its his correct position at SR level for while. We might find out this year
I think he played 7 a handful of times for Auckland (mostly from the bench)? Karpik was having a great season so even then he was mostly used at 8
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@nzzp said in Blues 2019 - (New Head Coach):
Hoping Akira has come back fit and fizzing ... could be his world cup this year
The Scotsman thinks so
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby/news/article.cfm?c_id=80&objectid=12200250&ref=rss
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MacDonald has already had to call in Northland's Matt Matich and Auckland's Adrian Choat as loose forward cover, with co-captain Blake Gibson out likely a month with an ankle sprain from the training exercise with the Chiefs in Waiuku last Friday, Jed Brown also on the sideline, Jimmy Tupou still working back from his ACL and Dalton Papalii not available till the opening round under the All Blacks protocols.
So Olmsted's cover for Tupou. Might see the Auckland trio of Papalii, Ioane, and Olmsted for the first two or three weeks.
An in-form Clarke would free up Ioane to play centre ...
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